Posted on 10/10/2005 9:32:19 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK - Arizona Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) is considering a 2008 run for president but says it's unlikely he'd take the No. 2 spot.
In an appearance Sunday at a fund-raiser for a local New York candidate, the Republican seemed to humorously rule out ever accepting a vice presidential post.
"I spent all those years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, kept in the dark, fed scraps, why the hell would I want to do that all over again?" he said, the New York Daily News reported in Monday editions.
McCain, who ran for president in 2000, was re-elected to a six-year Senate term in 2004.
He told the newspaper that he was seriously considering a 2008 bid. As he has before, McCain said he will wait until after the 2006 election to decide about his political future.
The Staten Island fund-raiser brought in $200 per person for Borough President James Molinaro, who is running for re-election.
McCain is the Republican pick of George Soros. McCain needs to know that conservatives will avoid him like the plague.
Take your pick.
Did you miss something?
Yes, I would definitely say you missed something.
Who Songbird ?
A-ha-haaa, yeah right.
2005-10-10
Looks like we hooked one. ;-)
That's three years older than Reagan was when he ran in 1980.
To compare the role the Vice-President of the United States to his tenure as a POW is sick on its face, and his willingness to throw in conservative ideals to make nicey poo with the liberal press turns my stomach.
Imo, a gag-alert is ALWAYS appropriate when McCain's name is brought forward.
As far as I'm comcerned, anything positive about McCain (the internationalist that he is) would gag a maggot. He's a hothead who has no respect for the Constitution, defending our borders, or US sovereignty.
Shadotak
Member since October 10, 2005
McCain's only hope is in states that allow anyone to vote in the Republican primaries. Is he not our Hillary?
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, is shown in New York on Sept. 2, 2004. McCain and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will campaign together Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, for the measures Schwarzenegger is promoting on the Nov. 8 ballot, according to Schwarzenegger campaign spokesman Todd Harris. (AP Photo/Dean Cox, File)
Gang of 14, disqualifies him forever.
"Looks like we hooked one. ;-)"
So far, I'm convinced this guy is a troll from DU
I heard that Stalin used to pet his dog. How nice.
Just mentioned this on the Rush thread- IF I have to plug my nose in '08- I'd do it for Rudy- NOT McCain. Mind you- time was when I absolutely loved Jon McCain...voted for him in the primaries..but no more.
As does being a proud member of "the Keating Five".
Well... say what you want, he did support and campaign for Bush in the '04 election. Bush did all he could to be seen with McCain at election events.
While I definitely don't agree with him on some major issues, I'm more scared of Hillary in the oval office than him.
I think his chances are good. In Venezuela.
I condiser myself an across the board conservative, social too, and I'd vote for Rudy over MeCain.
In the primaries mcpain (media) Az will get his ass kicked along with Rudy Who?
The media knows nothing about Republican primary voters, and they actually think we care what they think. It's hilarious but they do.
Did this happen to be during primary time?
I can't agree with that...
McCain is far more pro-life than Rudy. Rudy is a flat out social liberal... heck, he even supported Mario Cuomo over the current governor of NY. And as you know, Cuomo is the ultimate liberal...
So what was the connection?
He won't take the #2 spot as IF he has a choice...LMAO. I won't be voting for him, period. I despise him and his RINO-ism. I've had enough. Will hold out for George Allen or possibly Rick Perry or some strong conservative. I'm sick to death of mcVain.
He showed courage in captivity. Like John Glenn, he became just another politician. What a waste.
You may genuinely like McCain AND be a conservative. However, let me warn you, the vast majority of Free Republic members do not like or trust McCain. In fact, you will have a very hard time on these message boards defending the undefendable.
Free Republic members are genuine conservatives and have been burned and tarred by that RINO McCain.
Too much to dislike with this guy.
media whore
What a coincidence...I'm considering staying home Nov. 4, 2008. I think it's going to be really, really, really cold that day.
Y'all ain't from 'round here, is ya?
1. His health..the cancer issue, especially skin cancer..and at his age...it would become a dominant issue..and people are not comfortable with electing Presidents with possible health porblems. Cheney is far healthier than McCain, yet were the VP to run, the "three heart attacks" would be heard ad nauseum.
2. Cindy...no not Sheehan, but McCain's wife. I 2000, she was a media darling...she's attractive, photogenic...and was all over the place. After that she had a breakdown of sorts..I think it was drug related..but she had disappeared from the public view...she would be a huge problem, and IMHO could NOT handle the stress of the campaign.
DOCTOR 1: Holy Moly! That thing is right next to his brain!
DOCTOR 2: Yea, it's very close. We will have to remove part of the brain.
DOCTOR 1: Darn! And this guy was a US Senator. Hey, have you noticed how small his brain is?
DOCTOR 2: Hmm, it sure is tiny. Hey, this guy has dog tags on. He was a prisoner in Vietnam. Take a peek and see what they say.
DOCTOR 1: They say "if found please return to Lincoln Savings & Loan". What the heck does that mean?
DOCTOR 2: Well, I got it all out and a big chunk of his brain too. He will probably act a littl weird from this point on. Should we tell him.
DOCTOR 1: Hell no! Did you see those two big metal ball bearings he had when he came in here? He kept rolling them around in his hand and mumbling about "the strawberries in the Senate cloak room". He might throw those at us! Look, even as he is asleep he's rolling those ball bearings around in his hand.
DOCTOR 2: What's that tatoo on his butt say?
DOCTOR 1: It says "Arlen and John". Odd.
DOCTOR 2: OK, we are done. Have some intern come in and sew this guy up. I don't want to be here when he wakes up. And he is starting to wake up!
DOCTOR 1: Me either.
McCain (mumbling): "Oh Hillary, push you finger in back there a little more. Yea, yea....."
He would not have my vote.
I thought the "protecting terrorists" jazz was simply a statutory set of limits on how far interrogators can go in extracting information. Isn't it a good thing to avoid state-sponsored barbarism?
Well let me be the first to say - WELCOME TO FREE REPUBLIC.
As I think it over, I am hard-pressed to think of policies over which John McCain and George W. Bush disagree (other than the obvious one of who should have been elected president before). Are there any major issues on which they differ?
There is always a connection. Always. For every politician that works the field, as it were.
When President Bush came to Indianapolis a few months ago to talk about an issue of importance to our nation, he spent long minutes (I think well over one half hour) with a family that belongs to our church who had just lost a little child.
This child prayed for PResident Bush everyday...and a bodyguard of the Govenor, a friend of the child's family, told the govenor (Mitch Daniels, who used to work for President Bush before leaving to set up a run for govenor here) about this little girl. The governor informed President Bush....and President Bush requested time with this little family.
It was a tearful, deep and touching moment for all of them.
Of course it was done privately, no fanfare, no pictures but it was picked up by our local newspaper.
The connection was the bodyguard....the caring, the heart of it, was our President. Who stood to gain nothing, personally, as media was not included. The mother reported the story to the newspaper.
I would not have even known about it, except a fellow FReeper saw the story and sent it to me.
I would love to see a poll that asks, "If McCain was the nominee in '08 against any democrat, would you:
A) Vote for him
B) Vote for the Donk
C) Vote third party
D) You and all of your conservative friends stay home, eat popcorn and watch him go down in flames.
Me? I stay home and watch the Repubs learn a hard lesson. You give us conservatives, you will get our support. You give us milquetoast backstabbing RINO's, you do not get our support.
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